I have Mcafee(internet suit),Lavasoft(ad-ware),Search & destroy,I downloaded Michrosoft defender,but I still seen the pop up (C.I.D)that make me crazy.I don't know what i can do to take that out of my computer. Can Somebody Help me?
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I have Mcafee(internet suit),Lavasoft(ad-ware),Search & destroy,I downloaded Michrosoft defender,but I still seen the pop up (C.I.D)that make me crazy.I don't know what i can do to take that out of my computer. Can Somebody Help me?
Elloquito26

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(but I am secretly quite happy with having learned how to fully neuter XP over the last couple yrs. Can't believe how old some of my posts in the stickied threads are! Jeez, I was completely win98 way back then...... )

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if anyone runs a business and wants a trial of ESET antivirus - I can arrange that - if you have a PERSONAL computer and want a 1 year of ESETantivirus FREE OF CHARGE, let me know...

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We have "personal computers" up here, and my kid has one down at Az State University. I would be interested in learning how the free for one year ESETantiviris offer works, and what is the limit on how many recipients the one year free offer. Thanks!

We have "personal computers" up here, and my kid has one down at Az State University. I would be interested in learning how the free for one year ESETantiviris offer works, and what is the limit on how many recipients the one year free offer. Thanks!

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Well I'm technically supposed to provide free licenses to business prospects - but PM me and I'll see what I can do...

One fundamental that I didn't see here and to me is the most important:

Don't allow users to be an administrator. Create an admin account with a password and have all other accounts be non admins. My ex wife's laptop with Windows 7 and NO ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ran great without getting infected for almost 18 months. When she finally did get a malware infection, I was able to clean it by deleting her profile after backing up her files. A study I read stated that not running as an admin account will prevent about 80 percent of all malware. At my job, we simply delete the users profile when they get infected.

One fundamental that I didn't see here and to me is the most important:

Don't allow users to be an administrator. Create an admin account with a password and have all other accounts be non admins. My ex wife's laptop with Windows 7 and NO ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ran great without getting infected for almost 18 months. When she finally did get a malware infection, I was able to clean it by deleting her profile after backing up her files. A study I read stated that not running as an admin account will prevent about 80 percent of all malware. At my job, we simply delete the users profile when they get infected.

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running your every day accounts as regular (non-admin) users is always a good idea - always has been - the problem is that most people don't do this!

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